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MRSI appoints BARC India’s Dr. Derrick Gray as VP

Audience research and information company BARC India’s Dr. Derrick Gray has been appointed as the vice-president of the Market Research Society of India (MRSI).

The veteran audience measurement and adva...

There’d be opportunities for foreign space companies to invest in India: ISRO chief

The reforms initiated by the Indian Government in the space sector and the liberalisation of FDI norms will ensure a sustained engagement between Indian and overseas companies benefitting both, India Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman K Sivan said on Mond...

NBF demands immediate resumption of audience data for news genre

News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), a lobbying body of TV news channels in India, has written to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India exhorting the ratings agency to immediately re-start releasing data related to news TV channels. “We, News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), th...

Nielsen chief defends company under fire on inaccurate data

Well, TV audience measurement numbers and the process of collating such data are under fire in many parts of the world, the US and India included.

In the US, for instance, information, data a...

Starcom appoints Rachana Shah Monterio as SVP

Starcom India, a human experience company, strengthens its leadership team by appointing Rachana Shah Monterio as senior vice president. The news was shared by the company itself in their LinkedIn post, stating, “We’re so pleased to welcome Rachana Shah Monterio who is joining

Vi, Nxt Digital, Shemaroo bring live darshan of Lalbaugacha Raja

Vi, India’s leading telecom operator, on Thursday announced that on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturti they had arranged the Live Darshan of Mumbai’s popular Lalbaughcha Raja on its mobile app. As per the company’s press release, the customers can seek blessings of Lord Ganesha Live ...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!